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Tag Archives: Music

It’s not just love in the air this weekend. There’s also the sound of amazing music television programming coming your way: Tomorrow night On Friday evening, kick back with two legends from two different genres. At 9pm on KCPT, American Masters presents “BB King: The Life of Riley,” which delves into the blues legend’s life and career through candid interviews …Continue Reading

As the story goes, a mouse living in one of Walt Disney’s desk drawers at the Laugh-O-Gram Studio near 31st and Troost became the inspiration for the most famous mouse of all time. This week on Arts Upload, find out what’s being done to preserve Disney’s Kansas City legacy. Also featured on this episode: Poet Jeanette …Continue Reading

Experience special arts and entertainment along with how-to, health and wellness and more during our June funding drive, beginning May 29. Highlights and opportunities for best seats in the house at upcoming events include: A Celebration of 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary, the trio that provided America’s soundtrack for generations, June 1 at …Continue Reading

Architect Moshe Safdie’s extraordinary new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts provides the stunning backdrop for a performance-documentary that profiles the Grammy Award-winning Kansas City Symphony, their vibrant artistic director and conductor Michael Stern, and the radiant, celebrated mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. This special tracks DiDonato’s nostalgic return to her hometown after a triumphant appearance with …Continue Reading

Jeff Kamin writes for our friends at TPT’s Rewire following each episode of Downton Abbey this season. In case you missed it or just want to relive the highlights, read on. If you haven’t watched it yet, beware plot spoilers… “Don’t call me Donk” – Lord Grantham says to Mary whilst playing on the floor …Continue Reading

Grantchester star James Norton digs deeper into the music that inspires his character. Norton stars as the handsome, jazz-loving vicar, with Robson Green as his law-enforcement ally, Inspector Geordie Keating, on Grantchester, airing in six parts on MASTERPIECE, Sundays, January 18 – February 22, 2015 on KCPT.

The Bridge Announces new Local Music program “Eight One Sixty” for January 2015 KANSAS CITY, MO – December 9, 2014 Station Manager of the The Bridge, Jon Hart, announces the launch of a new hour long local music program in January. Eight One Sixty will air weekly on Tuesdays from 6 to 7pm on The …Continue Reading

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The documentary Meet the Patels follows Ravi Patel, who is almost 30, an actor, and, worst of all to his traditional Hindu parents, still unmarried. After he breaks up with his white girlfriend, Ravi submits ...Continue Reading

This year marks the 32nd Anniversary of the Christmas Tour and release of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that revolutionized the Holiday Season music category. This new tour features classic Christmas hits from Mannheim Steamroller and dazzling ...Continue Reading

Cultural values, beliefs and attitudes shape and influence our behavior. Just as cultures are unique, each child has unique needs. At this workshop —the first of four professional development opportunities for preschool teachers offered at ...Continue Reading